North Carolina vs Alabama - Challenge Cup (2024) Sun, Jan 28, 2024 7:45 AM to 9:29 AM - video Dailymotion

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00:12:57 - Welcome back here to Championship Sunday

00:13:17 of the Men's Major Challenge Cup.

00:13:20 Look at that.

00:13:21 - It's early morning.

00:13:22 We're working out the King still.

00:13:23 We got it going.

00:13:25 Listen, it was a long day here at the stadium yesterday.

00:13:27 We're back here early on a Sunday morning.

00:13:31 Well, thanks for tuning in here on USSSALive.com.

00:13:35 I'm big boy J. Rowe from Bring It Podcast,

00:13:37 and we are getting ready for North Carolina

00:13:41 to take on Alabama.

00:13:44 Let's talk to some of the Carolina boys,

00:13:46 and even Alabama, both played late last night.

00:13:49 North Carolina beat California.

00:13:53 18-13 to get here.

00:13:58 That game ended, I think, at about 1.20,

00:14:01 one o'clock in the morning.

00:14:02 You know, just a short seven hours ago.

00:14:06 Meanwhile, Alabama beat Georgia 17-16.

00:14:10 But it sounded more like a pillow fight

00:14:13 than a softball game

00:14:15 from some of the conversations I was having already.

00:14:18 Here we are, we're getting ready to get the game going

00:14:20 as Rich Racobaldo steps in.

00:14:24 Racobaldo looks at strike one.

00:14:28 Got a trip pitch in for Alabama.

00:14:32 Nice piece, starting the game by Racobaldo

00:14:36 out into left field.

00:14:38 It's a nice leadoff single.

00:14:40 Not a bad way to get going.

00:14:44 Tell you what, early morning games,

00:14:47 get that first swing in, get on base,

00:14:50 and always good to feel the ball.

00:14:52 Here comes Zach Watts.

00:14:56 Stepping in.

00:14:59 Trip working from the third base side of the rubber.

00:15:03 Delivers.

00:15:04 Nice first pitch strike there from Trip.

00:15:09 Nice little piece by Waddy there,

00:15:15 going through the 410.

00:15:18 Yes.

00:15:18 And Racobaldo moves on over to third.

00:15:21 So you got runners on the corners here

00:15:23 with nobody out in the top half of the first inning.

00:15:25 Alabama's running the same, pretty much the same lineup

00:15:28 they have been running for this tournament.

00:15:33 Blankenship's behind the dish.

00:15:35 And then defensively, Bailey Isbell's out and right

00:15:38 with Bishop Harris moving into second base.

00:15:40 Little change up on the ball.

00:15:44 We had a couple of quick little of those Florida showers

00:15:47 this morning, so the ball's a little wet.

00:15:49 Trip delivers.

00:15:52 Nice piece by Austin Mapes through the middle.

00:15:57 So three singles here to start the game.

00:16:00 Racobaldo comes across to score

00:16:01 for the first run of the game, one-nothing Carolina.

00:16:14 Here comes Ty Cobb, the middle infielder for Carolina.

00:16:18 Runners on first and second with nobody out.

00:16:20 Trip working from the first by side, misses one-0.

00:16:24 Nice piece by Ty Cobb going through the three-four hole

00:16:30 in that outside pitch.

00:16:32 Watts is gonna come around to score.

00:16:34 Mapes holds up at two.

00:16:37 Carolina with a couple quick runs here on some nice singles.

00:16:40 Just playing small ball here early in the morning,

00:16:42 getting the swings underneath.

00:16:45 After a long day yesterday for Carolina.

00:16:48 Finding the holes and poking it through it.

00:16:53 Trip delivers.

00:16:55 Travis Tucker.

00:16:56 That ball's down.

00:16:58 Do have a catch, and that's gonna be...

00:17:04 We catch, and it looks like we're gonna hold on

00:17:10 to the guys at first and second.

00:17:13 (crowd cheering)

00:17:15 So, field umpire right away makes the call.

00:17:18 Calls him out.

00:17:20 Trap steps back, try to duty that one over into right field.

00:17:25 Bishop Harris.

00:17:28 They're saying he bobbled it and dropped it,

00:17:31 but the field umpire says,

00:17:34 "Nope, I had it right away as a catch."

00:17:36 We're gonna call it as a catch,

00:17:38 and that was it.

00:17:39 It was Bishop Harris looking like a 73-year-old man

00:17:42 trying to get up.

00:17:43 Lot of ball yesterday for Alabama.

00:17:47 Here comes Jackson May, the left fielder.

00:17:50 Worked himself up a lineup with swings like that.

00:17:56 Nice piece, and Lutheran gets sniped out in left field.

00:17:59 The sniper, we didn't get rid of him last night.

00:18:01 Nice little double there from Jackson May.

00:18:04 Mapes comes across to score.

00:18:05 Runners on second and third, one down.

00:18:07 And Carolina leads three-nothing here

00:18:10 in the top half of the first inning.

00:18:12 Nice little start here for the Tar Heels.

00:18:19 Well, they've done a great job of utilizing

00:18:24 their tops and bottoms and making

00:18:25 some great uniform choices here.

00:18:27 Those hats, those hats may be one of the best I've seen.

00:18:31 Those in Texas.

00:18:35 Josh Fyfe fouls that one out of play

00:18:40 down the right field line.

00:18:43 Crowd's a little quieter here than it was last night.

00:18:47 Friends and family in the stadium so far.

00:18:51 Friends, family, and Clay Dickey.

00:18:53 He's standing right behind the plaque.

00:18:55 Fyfe looking backside.

00:18:56 Bishop from his butt.

00:18:58 Score another run.

00:19:01 Carolina just taking care of business here a little bit.

00:19:06 Bishop Harris getting some early work.

00:19:08 Getting some early work here.

00:19:13 As he moved in from right field

00:19:18 and he's now playing second.

00:19:19 Bailey Isbell, as I mentioned, is playing right.

00:19:21 Little flip flop there for them.

00:19:23 Tell you, Bailey Isbell playing really well.

00:19:26 Seeing him make a lot of great grabs

00:19:29 defensively at second yesterday.

00:19:32 Here comes Dustin Burris.

00:19:34 Nice first pitch strike from Tripp.

00:19:37 They would like to get a roller here if you're Alabama.

00:19:39 Get out of this, through the legs, right at Bama.

00:19:42 Daniel Caton with a nice quick grab.

00:19:45 Nice job by Bama there.

00:19:48 Get the second out quickly on a nice piece by Burris.

00:19:52 Here's the thing though,

00:19:53 the rain that we've had this morning here,

00:19:54 it's just been a couple of quick showers,

00:19:56 probably between 7.30 and 8.

00:19:59 Turf is slick right away.

00:20:03 Here comes Sport Williams.

00:20:05 Tripp delivers.

00:20:08 Carolina is hitting 10.

00:20:11 Alabama's gonna be hitting 11.

00:20:14 Sports in the nine hole.

00:20:16 Looking to pass it down to Bradley Scott

00:20:20 and work their way through the order here

00:20:23 in the top of the first.

00:20:24 Runners on the corners with two outs,

00:20:25 four nothing ball game.

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00:20:29 Sport takes a look at that one.

00:20:32 Full count, last pitch of that bat coming up.

00:20:35 Tripp delivers.

00:20:37 Sport misses that one.

00:20:39 Bishop Harris stays busy this inning.

00:20:42 Tell you what, he got a lot of action

00:20:44 and he's happy with that catch, makes the play.

00:20:46 So we got four nothing after the first,

00:20:51 top half of the first inning.

00:20:52 Alabama's gonna be coming up.

00:20:54 Bottom one, look and answer.

00:20:56 We'll be right back.

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00:22:31 - Welcome back here to Space Coast Stadium

00:22:33 in Viera, Florida.

00:22:34 Little cooler start to the morning here today

00:22:36 than we've had the last couple days.

00:22:38 Tell you what,

00:22:40 the beautiful day to be at the complex,

00:22:45 especially here in the stadium on a championship Sunday.

00:22:48 We've crowned our first winner of the weekend

00:22:51 in the Challenge Cup in the Men's B, Ohio.

00:22:54 - Wins the Men's B Challenge Cup

00:22:58 as we're looking at Michael Rayner

00:23:00 looking to get her started here for Alabama

00:23:02 in the bottom half of the first inning, chasing four.

00:23:05 Rayner.

00:23:07 Looks to strike one.

00:23:11 So sports on the mound here for Carolina.

00:23:14 Rayner with a nice piece out into left center

00:23:18 up against the Marucci sign,

00:23:20 and Rayner's gonna keep going.

00:23:21 He's turning two with a lead-off triple here for Alabama

00:23:25 and a nice little block.

00:23:29 Third.

00:23:30 Looked like that took all the energy he had

00:23:33 right out of him.

00:23:34 Oh, that's a nice racquetball though to dust Rayner off.

00:23:39 Look at that quaff Rayner's got.

00:23:41 The ladies love Michael Rayner.

00:23:45 Almost didn't make it.

00:23:49 He ran out of speed and the turf wasn't that wet there,

00:23:54 and that one's gonna work from Bam Daniel Cayton

00:23:57 with a nice single out and a left,

00:23:58 and Rayner gets to try it on in

00:24:01 for Alabama's first run of the game.

00:24:04 So we've seen it started here early on both teams.

00:24:08 Carolina started with a couple base hits.

00:24:11 Jackson May hits their first extra base hit.

00:24:15 It was their six-hitter.

00:24:20 Justin Lutheran grounds that over to third.

00:24:26 Racquetball though gets that right over to Trapp,

00:24:29 who holds onto it for the first out at second.

00:24:32 Josh McAdams coming to the plate.

00:24:49 4-1 ball game, one down in the bottom half

00:24:54 of the first inning.

00:24:55 Run around first.

00:24:56 McAdams looks at a first pitch strike from Sport.

00:25:00 Sport's ready, McAdams is ready.

00:25:09 Just missed on that one.

00:25:12 McAdams rolls that one over to tie.

00:25:20 There's one, and Trapp comes up firing

00:25:23 for the double play.

00:25:24 Carolina, nice defense is showing there,

00:25:27 makes it work, and they get out of the first inning

00:25:30 with Alabama only scoring one.

00:25:32 - Rolls that over to Cobb, flips that to Tucker.

00:25:39 Nice job by Watts to hold onto it on the one hopper.

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00:26:26 - After one, 4-1, and we're taking a look at Bailey.

00:26:53 Mike Lacey's dog.

00:26:55 I have a feeling we might be seeing Bailey

00:26:57 up here in the booth momentarily.

00:26:59 Bailey heads everywhere with Mike Lacey through the season,

00:27:03 so if you're ever at an event,

00:27:05 and you see LSR chaos around,

00:27:08 the Men's or Women's Conference,

00:27:10 and you see Bailey, go give him a little shooka.

00:27:13 I'm about to give him a couple

00:27:15 as we're looking at Bradley Scott stepping in here,

00:27:17 the 10 hitter for Carolina.

00:27:19 Carolina worked through nine.

00:27:23 Now Bishop Harris is now behind the plate.

00:27:26 Bailey Isbell's back at second.

00:27:28 Ooh, Bradley Scott with a piece out and a right.

00:27:33 And that was ooh, and it's gonna one hop the fence.

00:27:36 And Bradley Scott's now gotta hustle into two.

00:27:38 Hey Scott, it's 8.15, it's early in the morning.

00:27:47 The body doesn't have the full flexibility yet.

00:27:51 He just wanted to see the one hopper,

00:27:53 and then if he could beat it out to second.

00:27:55 Nice lead off double here in the top half

00:27:57 of the second inning for Carolina.

00:27:58 To the top of the order, Rich Roccobaldo coming to the plate.

00:28:02 He hit a single in his first at bat.

00:28:04 Carolina has another good start here.

00:28:07 That's a, started well in the first inning with a single,

00:28:11 now you lead off the second with a double.

00:28:13 Nice piece by Roccobaldo,

00:28:15 backside through the three-four hole.

00:28:19 And Scott's gonna come on in to score easily from second.

00:28:24 So he'd lead off the first with a single,

00:28:30 lead off the second with a double.

00:28:32 Could we lead off the third with a triple?

00:28:34 We'll see.

00:28:36 But we're still here in the second inning

00:28:39 as Zach Watts is coming to the plate.

00:28:42 The first baseman who made that pick

00:28:46 to complete the double play.

00:28:48 In the bottom half of the first inning.

00:28:51 Roccobaldo on first,

00:28:53 trip delivers from the third base side.

00:28:55 Nice swing by Watts out into the left center gap,

00:28:58 which was a huge gap as Lutheran was playing

00:29:01 on top of the line and left.

00:29:02 Roccobaldo's gonna head on in and score from first.

00:29:05 And Zach Watts in with an easy triple.

00:29:08 Six-one here, top two, Carolina leading Alabama.

00:29:17 Nice play by, nice swing there by Waddy

00:29:20 as he takes the pitch and puts it out

00:29:22 into the big gap in left center.

00:29:24 Here comes Austin Mapes.

00:29:27 Justin Tripp taking a look,

00:29:30 making sure he's got his defense where he wants 'em.

00:29:32 Now the center fielder shades harder.

00:29:37 Poolside, infield's hard pool.

00:29:41 Bam is basically playing second base with where he is.

00:29:47 Center fielder McAdams is now going on the pitch.

00:29:52 Nice piece by Mapes into left center.

00:29:55 And it gets by Josh McAdams in center

00:29:59 and Austin Mapes is gonna run.

00:30:00 That one's all the way at the mic and sign.

00:30:02 And they're gonna hold Austin Mapes at third.

00:30:05 So no need, no need to send him in

00:30:10 as Justin Tripp is gonna take himself off the mound here.

00:30:15 McAdams was shading on the pitch,

00:30:19 was moving hard into the pool gap side.

00:30:24 Mapes just took it on the outside part of the plate,

00:30:26 put it out towards the mic and gets through McAdams

00:30:29 who was trying to body it up.

00:30:43 And here we are, we're looking at Tommy Baugh

00:30:46 with a quick pitching change.

00:30:47 Just like Alabama's making a change on the mound,

00:30:54 we're making an addition here in the booth

00:30:56 as we're welcoming back Mike Lacey.

00:30:59 Mike, welcome back, buddy.

00:31:01 I will tell you right away,

00:31:06 I don't have my list of songs.

00:31:09 I got to the house last night and I,

00:31:11 oh, it was a quick six hour nap.

00:31:13 Not even, four hour nap?

00:31:15 - Yeah, not even six.

00:31:17 Good news is you have three to four games to figure it out.

00:31:21 - That's all it is.

00:31:22 Ty Cobb looks at that strike one and one

00:31:25 as Tommy Baugh's on the mound

00:31:27 working from the third base side.

00:31:28 Lays that in there and heavy, full count.

00:31:32 Nice start here for Carolina,

00:31:35 putting up three so far in the second

00:31:36 with nobody out and a runner on third.

00:31:38 Ty Cobb hits that one out into left center.

00:31:41 McAdams underneath it for the first out.

00:31:45 And they match their first inning score of four.

00:31:49 Nice start here for Carolina, Mike.

00:31:51 - Yeah, they come out hitting.

00:31:52 Alabama, huge double play to end their offense

00:31:57 in the first inning, so they're gonna have to get going here.

00:32:02 Little different lineup for them today.

00:32:04 - Here comes Travis Tucker.

00:32:08 Trapped with a nice pull swing,

00:32:10 just misses the left field line.

00:32:13 - Last time up, tried Judy in it,

00:32:16 went right to Bishop Harris

00:32:17 who was playing second in the first.

00:32:20 This time pulls it hard down the left field.

00:32:22 - And Travis is a line to line hitter,

00:32:24 so even with two strikes,

00:32:26 he's not afraid to try either line.

00:32:28 - Now we're gonna see something.

00:32:31 I think he's gonna find a pitch he likes,

00:32:33 he's gonna drive it.

00:32:34 He's been hitting well.

00:32:35 He hit well all day yesterday.

00:32:38 I'm gonna expect the same from him here.

00:32:40 - There it is out into the right center gap.

00:32:43 Nice piece by Travis.

00:32:44 He's gonna head in for a standup double.

00:32:47 And Carolina just keeps moving here.

00:32:51 Eight, one, top two, one down.

00:32:55 - How about the 50 year old guy up right field?

00:33:01 Brad Blankenship in his 50s.

00:33:07 - That's good to see.

00:33:08 - Yeah.

00:33:09 - Good to see.

00:33:10 Get him, get, get, you know,

00:33:11 these young kids don't need to run around out there.

00:33:12 Here comes Jackson May.

00:33:13 Jackson May hits that one out into left center

00:33:17 and he stays hot.

00:33:19 And he has himself a triple.

00:33:22 Double in his first at bat,

00:33:24 now he has a triple as Tucker comes across to score nine, one.

00:33:28 - Halfway to the cycle.

00:33:29 - I have a feeling,

00:33:33 well, I mean, I think today,

00:33:36 what's probably the harder one to get?

00:33:38 The single or the home run?

00:33:40 - I would say probably the home run.

00:33:43 You know, unless you're a select few,

00:33:47 10 or 12 guys with four teams remaining.

00:33:50 The home run's probably gonna be the hardest.

00:33:52 Air's heavy.

00:33:53 Blowing in a little touch out of right center.

00:33:55 So that's the worst wind to hit in this stadium with.

00:33:59 - You see Jackson May has hit a couple here this weekend

00:34:03 with some good power.

00:34:04 I mean, be curious to see.

00:34:06 These fast guys don't like taking singles anyway.

00:34:08 - No. - They hate singles.

00:34:10 - Big ballpark to be hitting singles in.

00:34:12 - There is Josh Fyfe hitting that one deep out into left.

00:34:18 On the warning track is Lutheran.

00:34:20 Into the corner, up against the wall for the second out.

00:34:24 I think there you go.

00:34:24 There you see what you're talking about

00:34:26 with the wind and the heavy air.

00:34:28 Early in the day here, Fyfe gave it a ride.

00:34:31 - Yeah, Fyfe hit that one well.

00:34:33 Probably lifted a little more than he wanted to,

00:34:35 but Fyfe definitely has the power to hit it

00:34:38 out anytime he wants.

00:34:39 That ball didn't make it.

00:34:41 - Did a good job there though.

00:34:44 10-1, top two.

00:34:46 You know, especially after that inning Alabama had,

00:34:49 it's come back in and put up six so far.

00:34:52 - Yeah, they was riding the momentum off the double play.

00:34:56 They're using it.

00:34:57 - Here's Dustin Burris,

00:35:00 who's catching today for Carolina.

00:35:04 Ball works off the third base side.

00:35:06 Burris to the third baseman.

00:35:08 - Nice play by Rasberry. - Double hopper!

00:35:11 Ooh, off the bag.

00:35:13 Overstreet couldn't hold it on the throw

00:35:15 from Rasberry's over in third today.

00:35:18 This Alabama team's done a couple defensive changes here,

00:35:24 like you were saying, their lineup.

00:35:26 Rasberry was playing second yesterday.

00:35:28 Good call by the umpire.

00:35:32 - Yeah, there wasn't much argument out of anybody there.

00:35:35 - Rasberry comes up, charging,

00:35:39 and had to use his, he had to get rid of it quick

00:35:43 with Burris hustling out of the box.

00:35:44 Sport Williams at the plate.

00:35:46 And a two out, top of the second.

00:35:55 10-1 ball game, Carolina's put up six.

00:35:58 Sport ended the first.

00:36:01 - He's looking to, they're in a four man.

00:36:04 - Yeah, they moved to it last batter there.

00:36:08 Ringer went out and outfield.

00:36:09 Left Bam alone at short.

00:36:11 - Ball leads up.

00:36:14 Ooh, right back through the middle by Sport.

00:36:16 Using that four man to his advantage,

00:36:19 going back through the middle,

00:36:21 and he's gonna move Burris on up to second.

00:36:24 Sport's gonna grab himself his runner.

00:36:26 And now you get through the order here with Bradley Scott,

00:36:29 who started off, did you see,

00:36:31 did you have the chance to see Bradley Scott

00:36:33 ooh it into a one hopper and double?

00:36:36 - No.

00:36:37 - Good swing, oohed it.

00:36:39 Quick one hop, he was still in the box,

00:36:41 and then took off for second.

00:36:43 - That's where we're talking about the heavy air.

00:36:46 - Mm-hmm.

00:36:47 There's a nice piece by Bradley Scott.

00:36:49 As Burris is gonna come across to score.

00:36:51 Air mail it.

00:36:52 11-1.

00:36:56 I'll tell you, after playing late last night

00:36:59 against Georgia in the 11 o'clock game here in the stadium,

00:37:03 playing the eight o'clock game this morning

00:37:04 to start her off, you're chasing 10 early.

00:37:07 It's kinda defeating.

00:37:09 - It is, and like I said,

00:37:11 they're just hitting a double play in the first inning,

00:37:13 and then come back in,

00:37:15 and North Carolina's doing what they should do.

00:37:17 - Arcobaldo coming to the plate

00:37:21 with runners on first and second and two down.

00:37:23 - Good veteran hitter here.

00:37:25 - Well that's a nice piece down into left field line

00:37:28 over Lutheran off the top of the wall by Arcobaldo.

00:37:31 And that is gonna come on in to score one,

00:37:34 and that's gonna score two more

00:37:36 as we're looking at a 13-1 ball game early.

00:37:40 Woo.

00:37:43 Nine runs.

00:37:45 Maybe you're the, maybe you're the,

00:37:51 you're the run charm.

00:37:52 People don't wanna see you in the box

00:37:53 'cause they know somebody's gonna be

00:37:54 putting up a bunch of runs

00:37:55 when you're on the mic up here with me.

00:37:57 And if it's both, if it's both teams

00:38:00 putting up a bunch of runs,

00:38:01 the home team doesn't wanna see me up here.

00:38:03 Like as in the home team is the fans,

00:38:06 the ones listening,

00:38:07 because that means they gotta listen longer.

00:38:09 (laughing)

00:38:12 - Yeah, I mean, we had a lot of tight games yesterday,

00:38:15 and then we got to the winner's bracket final

00:38:16 where Florida held serve the entire game.

00:38:20 They, you know, they were what we expected out of Florida.

00:38:24 Been looking at that for all tournament,

00:38:27 and they showed up in the winner's bracket final.

00:38:29 - Oh, Bailey.

00:38:33 - Yeah, Bailey just got his,

00:38:35 Paul stepped on a little bit, so.

00:38:37 Luckily it was me instead of him, Bailey.

00:38:40 (laughing)

00:38:42 - You might be missing a Paul if I stepped on ya.

00:38:45 - Little mal visit here, not a bad time to slow it down.

00:38:49 - I don't know, I mean, or I made a pitching change.

00:38:53 - Slow it down, or everybody out there's talking

00:38:55 about time they gotta be at the airport for flights.

00:38:58 I noticed Cardwell's gone, Drew's gone.

00:39:02 - Yeah, missing a couple guys I know I was talking to.

00:39:06 The boys from New Hampshire, they're in,

00:39:09 they're playing C, they're playing North Texas right now,

00:39:11 and you know, changing flights, and one guy couldn't.

00:39:14 It was $1,000 to change it, and I said, "I gotta go."

00:39:18 - And that's another aspect of the Challenge Cup.

00:39:24 Most of the players in the Challenge Cup,

00:39:25 unlike the regular season, they're paying their own way here,

00:39:28 paying their own way home, so.

00:39:30 Little different aspect.

00:39:33 - Darned ball back through the middle from Zach Watts,

00:39:39 and Carolina keeps the hit parade going.

00:39:42 Rock a ball that comes across the scores, it's now 14-1.

00:39:46 - I imagine they're coming out of this

00:39:48 four man pretty quickly.

00:39:51 - Yeah, I mean, it's not really working.

00:39:53 You know, get that different look.

00:39:56 I'm hoping maybe it changes things up,

00:39:59 but you know, early in this game,

00:40:00 you know, you can kinda, it almost works better for you

00:40:04 to just find the hole and hit it right through

00:40:06 instead of trying to get into the gaps.

00:40:08 Is Overstreet gonna go try his hand out and left?

00:40:14 Harris is gonna head on over to first.

00:40:20 (players talking)

00:40:23 - Looks like they're gonna change

00:40:26 a little bit of everything.

00:40:28 Bringing Blankenship in to catch.

00:40:30 Rainer's going to right field.

00:40:32 - Overstreet's over the bag, Bam is at short.

00:40:35 - Just another way to create a good timeout.

00:40:38 - It is.

00:40:38 Little defensive timeout now.

00:40:40 You're not limited on the amount of defensive shifts

00:40:46 and realignments.

00:40:47 - Get another hit here, they may all rotate

00:40:49 to another position.

00:40:51 (players talking)

00:40:52 - Just keep going around.

00:40:53 It's almost like watching Florida.

00:40:55 - Right.

00:40:56 - Sean Jones, Kyle Pierce, and Orlando Castillo

00:40:59 are I think the only three players

00:41:00 that have played the same position all weekend.

00:41:02 A nice swing there from Austin Mapes out into left.

00:41:06 Watts on over to third as Lutheran gets that in.

00:41:10 Mapes is hitting well today.

00:41:15 Yesterday, it felt a little snakebit

00:41:17 in some of the games we were watching.

00:41:19 But he's starting off the game here pretty hot.

00:41:22 Two for two, or three for three.

00:41:24 - Right now, they're hitting a whole lot of guys

00:41:28 that didn't two for two at least.

00:41:30 - You're not wrong.

00:41:32 Ty Cobb keeps it moving around.

00:41:35 Well, I tell you what, go check on your bacon.

00:41:39 Maybe start a little hollandaise sauce at home

00:41:42 for maybe a little eggs benedict on a Sunday morning.

00:41:45 Get ready for a couple games here

00:41:47 as we're looking at Mapes over at third.

00:41:49 Now, Ty Cobb at first as Travis Tucker's

00:41:51 stepping into the box.

00:41:53 Runners on the corners, two down, 15-1 ballgame here.

00:41:55 Carolinas put up 11 in the top half of the second.

00:41:58 Trapp going out into right field.

00:42:02 That one's curling towards the line,

00:42:03 into the corner, drops fair.

00:42:06 That's gonna bounce around.

00:42:07 Cobb's gonna score from first,

00:42:09 and Trapp's gonna head on into three.

00:42:11 17-1.

00:42:14 Well, getting back to the flights.

00:42:16 That's why I love Southwest.

00:42:18 You can change it where it's only the change in fair.

00:42:22 There's no fee to change your fleet.

00:42:25 - Well, and that's one of those that we're blessed.

00:42:28 You know, you fly out of a good airport.

00:42:30 You know, a lot of guys around home

00:42:32 fly around out of Indianapolis.

00:42:35 We both have Southwest as a major hub.

00:42:38 - It's huge.

00:42:39 - You know, some of these smaller cities and airports,

00:42:42 it's just, it is a pain to change.

00:42:44 - Nice piece by Jackson Mayes.

00:42:45 He continues the hot hand here

00:42:48 with a nice little double from Jackson Mayes.

00:42:51 - Well, I was talking to some of Louisiana folk

00:42:54 about the trip Roth, and--

00:42:57 - That's a good tournament.

00:42:58 - Oh, I wanna get down to it.

00:43:00 Been given the green light to head down and--

00:43:02 - There's nothing stopping you

00:43:03 but about 800 miles and an airplane.

00:43:06 - That's it, so they have to figure out if that can work.

00:43:09 But you know, we were talking and saying,

00:43:12 "Oh, flying to Monroe or Shreveport."

00:43:13 I'm like, "That is, you know,

00:43:17 "you wanna talk about airports."

00:43:18 I was looking at New Orleans,

00:43:19 and that's a, what, three, four hour drive afterwards.

00:43:23 - It's a solid three and a half.

00:43:25 - Yeah. - Out in Orleans.

00:43:26 - That ball is hit high by Josh Fyfe out into left center.

00:43:31 Back at the track off the Space Coast Complex sign.

00:43:34 In left center, Jackson Mayes gonna score 19-1.

00:43:37 Fyfe in here the second.

00:43:41 So Tommy Ball's had enough.

00:43:43 Tripp had his cup of coffee, went in,

00:43:47 re-geared up, he's coming back out.

00:43:49 - These are the days mama warned you about.

00:43:51 (laughing)

00:43:54 - 19-1, top of two with two down.

00:43:59 - Bailey's already cuddled in, taking him a nap.

00:44:02 He's seen enough.

00:44:03 - He's all ready.

00:44:04 Yeah, but it is, it's, you know, the flights, it's tough.

00:44:09 It is, and you forget changing flights

00:44:11 is not easy and not cheap.

00:44:13 But down here, and we talk about it so much,

00:44:15 you know, back home, back in the Northeast,

00:44:17 we talk it's expensive to get out of here.

00:44:20 But, you know, just speaking with you

00:44:22 and other guys down South, going to conference events,

00:44:23 you can drive to half?

00:44:26 - People in the South, Midwest part of the country

00:44:30 can drive to 60% of the events, 70%.

00:44:35 - That's, I mean, hey, some of it's, you know, a drive,

00:44:38 but.

00:44:39 - And it's also, you know, a lot of people,

00:44:44 like worlds and such, I mean, you're never booking a flight

00:44:48 that's before it's over.

00:44:49 - No.

00:44:50 - And something like this, you know,

00:44:51 you're saving vacation days.

00:44:53 - Dustin Burris with a double in the left center.

00:44:56 And Phyfe comes across the score to hit 20.

00:44:59 It's a 20 spot through two innings here for Carolina

00:45:02 with two down.

00:45:03 - That brings up, you know, people talk about

00:45:06 on the major teams and the women's and the men's side both.

00:45:09 You're asking a group of players that already take a lot

00:45:13 of vacation days off throughout the year to play softball,

00:45:16 to come and do something that's for your state for fun.

00:45:21 And so that always factors into, you know,

00:45:24 how early people can come, how late they can stay.

00:45:27 And sometimes Sunday mornings only flight out.

00:45:30 - Right.

00:45:32 Well, that's, I know I have a couple of buddies back home

00:45:34 that, you know, they're playing conference

00:45:36 and a couple of significant others aren't thrilled

00:45:39 just with the lack of PTO at times.

00:45:41 And, you know, those vacation days get eaten up

00:45:43 and maybe in the off season they want to do something

00:45:46 and they can only do it after work on Friday.

00:45:49 - Chambers going out in left field for Luther.

00:45:51 - Alabama looks, they look like they've played a lot.

00:45:56 That's a ball outside from Tripp to Sport Williams.

00:46:02 Runner on second with two down.

00:46:05 Sport going down the left field line

00:46:06 and Lutheran can't get out of the way of the ball.

00:46:09 They're just picking on Lutheran over there,

00:46:12 whether he's in the game or not.

00:46:13 20 to one, top two.

00:46:20 Sport Williams elevates that into center.

00:46:23 Should be the final out as McAdams comes underneath it.

00:46:26 And after that 16 run inning for Carolina,

00:46:30 it's 20 to one.

00:46:31 We'll be back in the bottom of the second.

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00:47:42 - Welcome back here to the bottom of the second inning

00:47:53 as Carolina is playing, facing off.

00:47:57 Alabama's on the field.

00:47:59 They need to get something going here real quick.

00:48:00 20 to one, the bottom two.

00:48:02 - If this was a prize fight,

00:48:04 referee's done threw in the towel.

00:48:05 - A couple times.

00:48:07 - A couple times.

00:48:08 - I'm big boy J-Roe from Bring It Podcast.

00:48:10 I have Mike Lacey with LSR and Chaos alongside of me.

00:48:14 And Bailey.

00:48:15 - Bailey's over here in the corner.

00:48:18 - We have here, we got Kyle Overstreet.

00:48:24 Kyle Overstreet leading off in the bottom

00:48:26 of the second inning for Alabama.

00:48:28 Well, I was going back to the flights and drives.

00:48:31 Rolls that one over to Fife.

00:48:33 One, one-oh.

00:48:36 Going back to that, Mike, you're a driver.

00:48:38 You drive down here and it sounds like

00:48:41 you got a nice fishing trip coming up after today.

00:48:44 But that six and a half to seven hours

00:48:46 is kind of the flight mark.

00:48:48 Is that what you like to use?

00:48:49 - That's in general we use for both teams.

00:48:52 What's really tough is you use six and a half,

00:48:54 no doubt some places it'll be six hours and 40 minutes.

00:48:58 You use seven, it becomes seven and a half.

00:49:01 - Real quick.

00:49:02 - Who knows?

00:49:05 And a lot of it has to do with,

00:49:06 you know, like I said, people,

00:49:09 if they want to come and go when they want,

00:49:11 then definitely going to have to drive.

00:49:14 - Jonathan Rasberry in here on a one-one count.

00:49:17 Sport Williams delivers.

00:49:19 Rasberry lifts that out into right center.

00:49:21 Should be got for the second out by Bradley Scott.

00:49:25 Well, and the nice thing is too,

00:49:27 with that type of drive is,

00:49:32 A, you have your car,

00:49:32 you have the freedom to kind of do what you want.

00:49:35 - Yeah, it's a long bit,

00:49:35 but even if you're on the flight,

00:49:38 you're looking at it, though,

00:49:39 that's kind of where it starts getting into a longer day.

00:49:42 Anything under six hours,

00:49:44 unless you're having directs,

00:49:45 it's going to be six, seven hours in the airports.

00:49:49 - Well, and I tell people,

00:49:50 even if something's eight, nine, 10 hours away,

00:49:54 by the time you pack your bags,

00:49:56 show up to the airport a couple hours early,

00:49:59 the way flights have been delayed in the winter

00:50:01 all across the country,

00:50:02 you can sit in the airport longer

00:50:03 than it can take to make a 10 hour trip.

00:50:05 - For sure.

00:50:06 There was Bishop Harris with a single,

00:50:08 two outs single out into left.

00:50:10 You know, that's how I used to base it

00:50:13 when I was traveling a lot for work,

00:50:15 flying a lot was at six hour mark.

00:50:18 And then later in the career,

00:50:20 it really was four hours,

00:50:22 just 'cause I wanted a couple extra points.

00:50:24 Nice piece by Tripp out into left field,

00:50:29 Jackson May at the wall,

00:50:30 and you called it early.

00:50:31 It is going to be tough to get balls out of here today.

00:50:33 - It's just a prevailing wind of

00:50:35 not what we're used to playing with in the world.

00:50:38 And this wind's hard to get it out of the ballpark with.

00:50:40 - Well, 20 to one after two,

00:50:42 Alabama couldn't muster up a run.

00:50:44 We'll be back in the top of the third inning.

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00:52:17 - Welcome back here to USAA Space Coast Stadium

00:52:26 in a 20 to one ball game

00:52:29 as we start off the championship Sunday of North Carolina,

00:52:32 excuse me, North Carolina taking on Alabama.

00:52:35 Bradley Scott having a little bit of fun there

00:52:36 trying to Judy it out to left end.

00:52:38 It's that out to the left fielder.

00:52:44 Is that over street on left?

00:52:45 Yeah, over street's playing left now.

00:52:47 One down, hey.

00:52:49 - Chambers in the right, Adams in center.

00:52:52 We can see all kinds of defensive moves here.

00:52:55 - It's, they got the first out.

00:52:58 Trending in the right direction.

00:53:00 - That's a start.

00:53:01 - Rich Racabaldo with one down here

00:53:06 in the top half of the third inning.

00:53:08 Trip delivers, rolls over to two,

00:53:11 Rainer stays down, comes up.

00:53:14 Bishop Harris, can't find the bag.

00:53:17 - I thought he got back from here,

00:53:19 but the umpire's 12 feet away from it, looking right at it.

00:53:23 - A little better vantage point than we do.

00:53:26 - And the bishop's not arguing, so.

00:53:27 - No, and he's also not a first baseman.

00:53:30 Yep, couldn't find a great call again,

00:53:35 but I tell you the field umpire's made a couple good ones.

00:53:38 - Good call and good move by Rock

00:53:41 to not hurt Bishop there, 'cause he could've.

00:53:44 - Zach Watts, lean back and going backside.

00:53:49 Well, and here's the other thing, right?

00:53:51 It is the Challenge Cup.

00:53:53 It's not, you know, this isn't a conference event

00:53:56 where you're playing the World Series.

00:53:58 Maybe it's a little different.

00:53:59 You're not trying to hurt somebody,

00:54:00 but you're trying to make sure you're getting on big.

00:54:02 - Everybody wants to win at some point,

00:54:06 even if it's something like this.

00:54:08 - Yeah, it may not be the same as playing in the Worlds,

00:54:12 but you represent your state.

00:54:14 Pride kicks in, and right now, if you're Alabama,

00:54:18 you gotta hope your pride does kick in

00:54:19 and you get going offensively.

00:54:22 - I had somebody tell me once, Mark Howell,

00:54:27 he said, you know, one of the great defensemen,

00:54:31 American-born defenseman, played in the NHL for a long time.

00:54:33 He blocked a shot late in a game,

00:54:36 took a puck right in the mouth.

00:54:37 They were up six or five-six,

00:54:39 and there's Austin Mapes rolling that over to end the inning.

00:54:42 But he said, Gordie, I was his dad, he came up,

00:54:44 he said, "Sometimes you gotta play to the clock."

00:54:46 - That's right. - It's like,

00:54:47 10 seconds left, you don't need to block a shot

00:54:49 with your face, just like this.

00:54:50 It's a 21 ball game, no need to,

00:54:53 sometimes you play to the score.

00:54:55 Here we are, we're headed to--

00:54:55 - Everything's about time and scoring, live.

00:54:58 - Bottom three, 20 to one, Bama coming up.

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00:56:04 - Welcome back here to USSA Space Coast Stadium,

00:56:06 and a 20 to one ball game as we're heading

00:56:08 to the bottom of the third inning.

00:56:10 Good inning there for Alabama to get a couple outs

00:56:12 and put up the goose egg for Carolina.

00:56:14 - It's a tall task to start coming back in this game,

00:56:19 but you gotta start here with four or five,

00:56:21 and maybe push it to seven, eight,

00:56:23 and then you never know what happens.

00:56:25 Tommy Ball up the bat.

00:56:26 - Start chipping away like we were talking about last night.

00:56:31 Now something we were talking about between innings here,

00:56:33 one pitch tournaments.

00:56:34 I played in one finally this winter.

00:56:36 They're not big up in the Northeast.

00:56:37 - I wouldn't imagine.

00:56:39 - They're so much fun though.

00:56:40 - They are.

00:56:41 Fast paced.

00:56:43 It's either hit it or get to first.

00:56:47 - Nice piece by Tommy Ball through the middle.

00:56:50 Lead off single for Alabama.

00:56:54 - Well that's it, he can have a good time with it.

00:56:56 - Mike Snyder's a guy that joins us on Tuesdays,

00:57:00 and he's down in Jacksonville area,

00:57:03 and that's what he says.

00:57:04 They're playing a bunch of one pitches down here.

00:57:06 They need to be more of them.

00:57:08 - In the South, that's the thing to do.

00:57:10 - Billy Isbell.

00:57:13 I like this kid's glove a lot.

00:57:15 He's made a lot of great plays this weekend.

00:57:18 - Bailey's a kid that has a more advanced glove.

00:57:22 He needs to figure out the offense side of the game more.

00:57:26 It will really advance his experience and level

00:57:32 where people can, 'cause his glove's at an elite level.

00:57:37 - Nice little swing there going three, four hole,

00:57:41 taking the single.

00:57:42 Little shift here for Carolina.

00:57:45 You got Jackson made behind the plate.

00:57:47 Rocco Baldo's now playing middle.

00:57:49 You got Scott still in center.

00:57:54 Not a bad time too to, not a bad time here

00:58:00 to get some guys a little bit of a rest,

00:58:02 especially those outfields that have been running

00:58:03 around the outfield all weekend.

00:58:05 - Yeah, because if you're at this stage

00:58:06 playing this morning, you know you have to win four games

00:58:09 to win it all.

00:58:11 So at some point, if you can get an easy game,

00:58:13 a few easy innings, you're off to some success.

00:58:18 - Well, that's it.

00:58:20 Get a couple of easy innings at least.

00:58:21 Like that's, you don't have to be running everything

00:58:24 down in the outfield, that's good.

00:58:25 We got bases loaded here though

00:58:26 with Michael Rayner at the plate.

00:58:28 The sport drops out one on top of the plate, 1-0.

00:58:31 - Off the wall for triples first at bat, I believe.

00:58:33 - Yes, sir.

00:58:34 Sport hits the plate again, 2-0.

00:58:37 - Well, this could be a big situation here.

00:58:41 - Easy, easy ribby there for Rayner.

00:58:44 Sport walks in a run, 20 to two.

00:58:48 - Thanks, John.

00:58:49 - 20 to two.

00:58:50 Alabama gets their first run since the first inning.

00:58:54 And here comes Bama.

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00:58:59 This is kind of where you were saying,

00:59:02 maybe get a couple of runs here and chip away.

00:59:05 - It's at least standing up and having a little fight.

00:59:08 Nobody wants to be their last game down here

00:59:11 and get blowed out.

00:59:13 - Especially at eight in the morning.

00:59:14 You play late last night, little sleep,

00:59:16 and then wake up and get blown out.

00:59:18 You don't want that.

00:59:19 - If you're not gonna try to win play,

00:59:22 should have just stayed in bed and called it in.

00:59:25 - Nice piece by Bama in the left field.

00:59:27 That's gonna score one, that's gonna score two.

00:59:30 So there you go, 20 to four.

00:59:32 Runners on first and second with nobody out here

00:59:34 for Alabama.

00:59:35 That's always the, that's, I always feel

00:59:40 that's the game you wanna win, that eight o'clock game.

00:59:43 You never wanna get up in a loser's bracket

00:59:45 and lose that first game of the day at 8 a.m.

00:59:48 - No, that makes for a bad Sunday,

00:59:49 but also if you're gonna win the first one,

00:59:51 you wanna win 'em all.

00:59:52 - That's it.

00:59:53 - Either be done early or be done.

00:59:55 - Does, rolls that one over to Tucker, advances,

00:59:59 Rayner and Bama over to second and third.

01:00:01 Did that one time we were playing a tournament,

01:00:05 it was late, it was a late, late tournament.

01:00:08 Bracket play, I feel like started at 10 o'clock

01:00:10 and lost in the loser bracket final.

01:00:15 And he just kinda said, man, I wish we lost our first,

01:00:18 the first bracket game and got the hell out of there.

01:00:20 (crowd murmuring)

01:00:23 - That may have been Chambers' first at bat

01:00:27 of the tournament.

01:00:28 Unless he hit some in pool play, but.

01:00:32 - Here comes Josh McAdams, winds that one

01:00:34 towards Raquibaldo underneath his glove,

01:00:36 and there's two, two runs, comes across on that double

01:00:41 by McAdams, nice little hustle by him.

01:00:44 Okay, Alabama's got a little thing going here,

01:00:50 20 to six, they put up five here in the bottom of the third.

01:00:54 I mean, still need to put up a bunch more,

01:00:57 but here's Overstreet.

01:01:00 Overstreet looking to go through the 6'10",

01:01:04 Raquibaldo sails that one.

01:01:06 Nice play by Raquibaldo, runners on the corners

01:01:10 with one out.

01:01:11 - Rock almost made that an outstanding play

01:01:17 with that arm. - And awesome.

01:01:19 I think that wet ball kind of comes

01:01:23 sailing out a little bit.

01:01:25 - Wet ball, 8.25 in the morning.

01:01:27 You're up 20 to six, 20 to 70,

01:01:30 you really want to throw your shoulder over there with it.

01:01:33 - Raspberry pops that one out to shallow left.

01:01:36 Ooh, nice, look at McAdams, nice base running by McAdams.

01:01:40 Okay, I love that.

01:01:42 - You waited to see where the throw went,

01:01:46 throw went into third, as soon as it went soft

01:01:48 into third, he took off.

01:01:50 - That was a great jump by McAdams.

01:01:52 - Yeah, Josh kind of played it there,

01:01:55 but you got to enjoy the hustle.

01:01:57 You know, I mean, at this point,

01:01:58 you know they're not going to just go away.

01:02:00 And you know, they keep finding a way to chip away.

01:02:05 It's a long game yet.

01:02:06 Four bats left.

01:02:08 - Now he pulled it to within 13.

01:02:10 As Bishop Harris fouls that one off

01:02:14 into right field in the corner out of play.

01:02:18 - Oh, one.

01:02:19 Still waiting for the double shot espresso

01:02:26 from my cold brew kicking in.

01:02:28 - Well, that's a problem, it's cold.

01:02:31 - You know what, I'll drink cold iced coffee,

01:02:35 a nice piece back through the middle by Bishop,

01:02:37 but that's going to be a final out of the inning.

01:02:39 20 to seven after three, Alabama puts up six

01:02:42 in the bottom of the third.

01:02:45 Carolina will be coming up plus 13.

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01:03:53 - Welcome back here to USSA Space Coast Stadium,

01:04:02 27 ball game, 22 seven ball game.

01:04:05 I'm big boy J-Row from Bring It Podcast

01:04:07 alongside Mike Lacey with LSR and Kass.

01:04:09 Mike, do you know what kind of bird that is?

01:04:11 - That is an osprey.

01:04:13 - Osprey?

01:04:13 - Yeah.

01:04:15 Look, you know, people come from the North,

01:04:17 come down here because we have a lot of bald eagles at home.

01:04:20 Similar look, but nothing's messing with those things.

01:04:26 - No, those things are--

01:04:27 - Up on top of the lights.

01:04:29 - So in the right center gap, light tower.

01:04:33 - They're safe today.

01:04:35 They know they're safe too.

01:04:37 - As we have, that's Parker Strada getting a at bat here

01:04:42 and nice little double for Parker.

01:04:44 He is in hitting for Ty Cobb there.

01:04:49 That was good, I'm glad we have you up here

01:04:56 because last night we got a silhouette of it

01:04:58 and I'm not a bird guy.

01:05:00 So I was just saying it looked like a nice bird

01:05:02 with a big nest.

01:05:04 (laughing)

01:05:06 - Had a long way up there.

01:05:07 - It really is.

01:05:09 Travis Tucker coming to play with runner on second,

01:05:11 nobody out here in the top half of the fourth inning.

01:05:14 - I mean, you just don't look at it.

01:05:16 They've got sticks in that nest that Bailey couldn't fetch.

01:05:19 - Nice piece by driving the three four hole.

01:05:22 Strada's gonna come across the score, 21 to seven.

01:05:26 I mean, that is, that nest up there was big.

01:05:29 I mean, that's covering two lights up there.

01:05:34 - Yeah, a little over two lights wide.

01:05:37 You gotta remember if those lights are standing here

01:05:39 in your hand, they're a couple foot wide.

01:05:42 So I mean, that's a four to five foot nest.

01:05:44 - There's Jackson May.

01:05:46 - Let's see if we can get another shot of it later.

01:05:49 - Oh yeah, I think Jordan will be on top of that

01:05:51 when we want to get that.

01:05:53 Jackson May, three for three, I think so far.

01:05:59 - North Carolina gets hit and again,

01:06:01 we may want to get to that shot quicker than later.

01:06:03 Jackson May elevates out of left center,

01:06:05 into left field for a fly out.

01:06:08 Tucker thought about tagging up,

01:06:10 but again, playing to the score a little bit.

01:06:13 21 to seven with one out.

01:06:16 And here comes Josh Fyfe.

01:06:19 - Looks like the rain's pretty well

01:06:21 or the damp air may be clearing out a little bit.

01:06:24 Clouds are starting to move a little harder,

01:06:25 which means the wind's gonna pick up.

01:06:28 - And that wind is picking up.

01:06:29 The flags along the bleachers

01:06:31 are sticking straight out now.

01:06:33 It's gonna make some of these fly balls

01:06:35 get a little interesting.

01:06:36 - You know, in my self-proclaimed degree in windology,

01:06:43 that's about an 18 to 22,

01:06:46 maybe a 24 mile an hour wind above the bleachers.

01:06:50 And that ball is moving.

01:06:50 You can see that thing dancing a little bit.

01:06:53 Now Tucker tags up, heads on over to two.

01:06:56 Nice piece by Fyfe.

01:06:58 - Well, part of windology tells you that's 18 to 20.

01:07:01 Just by the stiffness of the flag.

01:07:03 - By the stiffness of the flag.

01:07:05 So it was, let's see, a couple years ago,

01:07:08 watching games down here, a buddy of mine sent me,

01:07:10 and there's some, but you can actually look at the flags

01:07:13 and you can guesstimate how much the wind is blowing

01:07:15 by how the flags are sticking out.

01:07:18 It was, and it's come into handy

01:07:20 watching some of these games.

01:07:22 - It's gotta be a lot handier than an iced coffee.

01:07:29 Nice hustle there by Dustin Burris.

01:07:31 - Another quick inning.

01:07:33 - We'll be right back in.

01:07:34 Sounds like we hit a nerve with iced coffee with Mike Lacey.

01:07:38 22 to seven after three and a half.

01:07:42 We'll be back in the bottom half of the fourth.

01:07:43 Alabama coming up.

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01:08:38 - Welcome back here to Space Coast Stadium

01:09:04 in Vieira, Florida, and a 21 to seven ball game.

01:09:07 Carolina leads Alabama.

01:09:09 So Mike, you're not a fan of iced coffee?

01:09:12 - Three things in life.

01:09:14 Don't tug on Superman's cape.

01:09:16 Don't swim in cold water.

01:09:19 And ice and coffee don't go together.

01:09:21 - Nice piece there as Justin Tripp just yanks it foul.

01:09:25 So you're not in this whole cold plunge,

01:09:28 cold plunge recovery for your body?

01:09:32 - Well, that's different, but it's not enjoyable.

01:09:35 - Have you ever had one?

01:09:36 You ever done that?

01:09:37 - Done a polar plunge.

01:09:39 - You've got a cold tub at home,

01:09:40 and I tell you what, it's very enjoyable.

01:09:41 I'll bring a cup of coffee in there.

01:09:42 - But there's, but it's not cold coffee.

01:09:45 - No, it's hot, it's hot coffee.

01:09:46 - My point exactly.

01:09:47 I mean, coffee was made to be warm.

01:09:52 - It is.

01:09:53 - I mean, was ice cream made to be hot?

01:09:55 You don't see nobody walking around saying,

01:09:57 hey, give me a bowl of hot ice cream.

01:09:59 - Sport delivers.

01:10:00 Nice piece there by Tripp out in the left field.

01:10:03 Tripp's coming out of the box hard.

01:10:04 He's gonna lead off the bottom of the fourth inning

01:10:07 with a standup double.

01:10:09 So you're somebody that takes the ice cream

01:10:10 right out of the freezer,

01:10:11 and you'll eat it, you just wanna eat it like that.

01:10:13 - Yeah, there's no sense, no bowls needed.

01:10:16 Just give me a spoon.

01:10:17 - Well, I mean, that's why Ben Jerry's comes in that pint.

01:10:20 It's not meant to multiple services, it's one.

01:10:22 - Might as well make it in quarters.

01:10:24 I mean, nobody wants a little tiny quarter of a pint.

01:10:27 - It'd also be 15 bucks at that point.

01:10:29 You gotta let that ice cream soften up a little bit, though.

01:10:33 - You know, I mean, that's what amazes me,

01:10:36 is people have convinced that iced coffee's better.

01:10:41 It takes less work to make, but they can charge you more.

01:10:45 Figure that one out.

01:10:46 - Tommy Ball flies out to the center for the first out.

01:10:49 - Iced coffee's, but iced coffee's,

01:10:53 it's a, so, I mean, we're not ever gonna see eye to eye

01:10:56 on this, it's a refreshing beverage.

01:10:59 It's a versatile beverage, too.

01:11:01 Get your coffee, caffeine.

01:11:03 - You can even make it into a Sunday morning drink

01:11:05 while you're watching some games on USSSALive.com.

01:11:08 - I guess you can let the ice melt,

01:11:10 leave it out in the sun for a while, and then it's warm.

01:11:13 Is that what you mean by versatile drink?

01:11:15 - Billy Isbell pulls that one into shallow center

01:11:20 for two down.

01:11:21 I don't know, I feel like, on a hot day,

01:11:27 now, I'll drink coffee any time of the year,

01:11:29 any time of the day, hot, doesn't matter.

01:11:32 But I feel like an iced coffee is my,

01:11:35 one of my most refreshing iced beverages.

01:11:39 If I wanted something that's refreshing,

01:11:40 I'll go with an iced coffee.

01:11:41 - Not a sweet tea or lemonade guy, huh?

01:11:43 - Oh, I love, ooh, almost a nice grab there

01:11:46 by Fife by Blankenship.

01:11:48 - Raspberry comes in to score.

01:11:53 And that's what you needed, you got a mark.

01:11:55 Start there, get two or three more.

01:11:57 Two out of hits, top of the lineup coming up,

01:11:59 never know what can happen.

01:12:00 - You gotta remember, I'm from New England,

01:12:03 or New Hampshire, sweet tea isn't a thing up there.

01:12:06 Sweet tea's delicious.

01:12:09 Let's not kid ourselves.

01:12:10 And a nice Arnold Palmer, ooh.

01:12:14 You get off the golf course, that's a great drink.

01:12:18 - So you're telling me you can't go get sweet tea?

01:12:21 - Not like you can get down here.

01:12:24 I'm never coming to visit, I promise.

01:12:26 - Nice thing is, I've got some Southerners in my family.

01:12:31 And my brother-in-law's from Southern Georgia.

01:12:35 So, you know, sweet tea's a thing in the family, but.

01:12:38 - I mean, they do have tea bags in the store

01:12:40 where you can make your own sweet tea.

01:12:42 - Look at me, you think I need to add

01:12:43 any more sugar to my diet?

01:12:44 - Never know.

01:12:46 (laughing)

01:12:48 - See, I like adding soda water as well.

01:12:50 Get the little effervescence from the soda water

01:12:54 as Bama hits that ball high out into left field.

01:12:56 At the wall, looking up, off the foul ball.

01:12:59 Bama, with a boomer.

01:13:02 And two.

01:13:04 Nice job by Bama, just like that.

01:13:09 That air, like you were saying,

01:13:10 the winds moved a little bit, the air's thinning out.

01:13:13 And Bama, we see our first home run of the day.

01:13:17 - That ball started right in the scoreboard.

01:13:20 - Sure did.

01:13:20 And it almost missed the foul pole.

01:13:25 But a nice little piece there,

01:13:28 and now they're chasing 10,

01:13:29 so Alabama's got a little life here with two down.

01:13:32 As they're playing Desmond Chambers

01:13:37 on the push side of the infield.

01:13:38 Bradley Scott's playing pretty straight away in center.

01:13:43 - We was at a festival tournament about three years ago,

01:13:49 and had a ball very similar to that.

01:13:52 Hit a foul pole.

01:13:53 I'm usually one if I...

01:13:55 - Nice piece by Chambers out in the right center,

01:13:58 and that's gonna roll for a little bit.

01:14:00 Chambers is gonna be in with an easy double.

01:14:03 - Good swing by Chambers, not trying to do too much there.

01:14:06 But I'm a guy that, if I go out to argue,

01:14:08 I'm normally probably getting thrown out

01:14:12 if it's something they've really messed up.

01:14:15 Ball hit the foul pole, very similar to that.

01:14:18 I went out to argue that it was a home run,

01:14:20 and I come back in, and the team just looked at me,

01:14:24 'cause I just walked out there 30 seconds later,

01:14:26 I was right back in, no arguing.

01:14:27 And they said, "We can't believe you're back here with us."

01:14:31 And I said, "Me either."

01:14:32 But I said, "When that guy told me

01:14:34 "it hit the foul side of the foul pole,

01:14:36 "I couldn't argue no more."

01:14:38 - There's Dylan Payne flying out to right field

01:14:40 for the final out of the inning by Austin Mapes.

01:14:45 So 21 to 11, Mammoth's pulled it in,

01:14:48 Alabama's pulled it to within 10.

01:14:51 North Carolina's had a couple of quiet innings,

01:14:52 only put up one in the last two innings.

01:14:54 We'll see what they have coming up

01:14:55 in the top of the fifth inning.

01:14:56 We'll be right back.

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01:15:58 - Welcome back here to the Spaceco Stadium

01:16:01 on a starting to be a little nicer Sunday morning

01:16:05 in Vieira, Florida.

01:16:06 We have a 21 to 11 ball game.

01:16:08 I'm Big Boy J. Roe from Bring It Podcast.

01:16:09 I have Mike Lacey alongside me.

01:16:12 Mike, I'm glad we get to get in the booth here together.

01:16:14 Have a little fun again.

01:16:16 - Yeah, this is always a good sign winter's over.

01:16:19 Good to see all your buddies again.

01:16:22 - Sport Williams with a shot out into left center.

01:16:24 That's gonna roll all the way to the fence.

01:16:27 - And Sport Williams says, it's not a double,

01:16:29 it's a triple, laid off triple here from Sport.

01:16:32 I think that's the fun part.

01:16:36 You get to see everybody again.

01:16:37 - Yeah, it just kind of puts you back in the mood to,

01:16:40 you know, like we talked about last night.

01:16:43 You get to Challenge Cup, it's go time.

01:16:45 You know, everybody knows that they start hitting

01:16:49 a couple weeks before Challenge Cup.

01:16:50 You know, they've took some time off from lifting.

01:16:55 Coming to Challenge Cup, you have to recognize

01:16:58 some guys aren't as big as they was come Worlds.

01:17:01 They'll go back to lifting and back to the gym.

01:17:03 They've gave their bodies a break.

01:17:05 - Bradley Scott in there, trip delivers.

01:17:09 Well, that's the thing, when your season's over,

01:17:14 when the season's done, the World Series is over,

01:17:17 nice P, oh, nice grab by Tripp.

01:17:19 Ooh, Bradley Scott almost beats it out

01:17:24 as Burris, who's running for Sport,

01:17:27 was dancing down the third baseline

01:17:29 and kept getting Tripp's attention.

01:17:31 - That was a big snag by Tripp.

01:17:34 - There's that big glove out there.

01:17:38 See, keeps looking at him, but got it.

01:17:40 Good call by the field umpire again.

01:17:43 He's having a great game out there in the field.

01:17:45 Here comes Blackburn, looking backside.

01:17:52 There's Bailey Isbell again.

01:17:54 That's what we're talking about, his glove.

01:17:55 That kid can take some things away,

01:17:58 and if he ever figures it out offensively, look out.

01:18:02 - Bailey Isbell, he's made, I mean,

01:18:04 that could be the fourth play you think of

01:18:06 when you think of Bailey Isbell this weekend.

01:18:08 - He made a couple good plays in the six o'clock game.

01:18:13 Couple good plays late last night,

01:18:16 and that's another one, yeah,

01:18:17 he's up to a full handful of 'em.

01:18:20 - He's done a heck of a job there defensively

01:18:23 for Alabama this weekend.

01:18:24 As we're looking at Zach Watts,

01:18:27 looking to put that one over towards Virginia.

01:18:30 - You know, the worst thing about this,

01:18:32 and we'll need this on record, 'cause it'll happen,

01:18:36 is Bishop Harris thinks he's gonna be a first baseman now,

01:18:39 and he'll wanna play first all year.

01:18:41 - If he does, he needs to put on a couple pounds

01:18:48 in the midsection.

01:18:48 He's too quick.

01:18:52 My kid's motor's a little bit different to put on weight.

01:18:55 - Tripp delivers inside, full count.

01:18:59 - We're here, two outs again,

01:19:02 another quick inning, and four or five runs.

01:19:04 - Oh, and there it is again, Tripp.

01:19:08 Tell you what, you might wanna put in a order,

01:19:11 but you're not gonna get any breakfast from Tripp.

01:19:13 He's got the closed kitchen sign up.

01:19:16 22 to 11, heading into the bottom of the fifth.

01:19:19 Alabama, can they use this to capitalize

01:19:21 and get a little momentum swinging their way?

01:19:24 Nice play there by Tripp.

01:19:25 We'll be right back in the bottom of the fifth,

01:19:27 and Alabama coming up.

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01:20:35 in the bottom half of the fifth inning.

01:20:37 22 to 11 ballgame as Kyle Overstreet is in the box

01:20:42 for Alabama leading off,

01:20:43 and we're talking between the break here.

01:20:46 Nice piece out in the right field.

01:20:47 Austin Mapes got a track on it.

01:20:49 - Oh, that ball's clear.

01:20:50 - Tickled the line.

01:20:52 Kyle Overstreet drops in there just on the line.

01:20:58 Nice way to get out there.

01:21:01 Just got a text saying, "We got our umpires.

01:21:04 We have, since we've been talking about 'em

01:21:07 so much here tonight."

01:21:08 Steve Malani in the field's been doing a great job,

01:21:10 and then we have Justin Stout behind the dish.

01:21:13 Steve Malani's been in a lot of great spots.

01:21:17 He's had a lot of close plays.

01:21:18 Nice piece down the left field line by Rasberry Fowl.

01:21:22 A lot of close plays, and when you're seeing the replays,

01:21:24 everyone's been spot on from Steve.

01:21:27 - Well, I always say, you know,

01:21:29 people will wanna see the replays

01:21:30 if you're sitting in the stands.

01:21:32 If you see 'em, umpire's probably got it right.

01:21:34 If you don't see the replay,

01:21:35 probably didn't get it right.

01:21:39 - Nice ball down into the right field corner by Rasberry.

01:21:41 Mapes chases it down.

01:21:43 They're gonna end up on two-three

01:21:45 in the bottom half of the fifth inning

01:21:47 in an 11-run ball game.

01:21:48 All of a sudden, Alabama has a little bit

01:21:50 of momentum going their way.

01:21:51 You have a couple of snap-offs by Tripp.

01:21:54 Great play by Bailey Isbell.

01:21:55 They've held Carolina quiet for three innings now,

01:21:58 and their offense is starting to pick up.

01:22:01 - Well, that's one.

01:22:01 I mean, we kinda called 'em out

01:22:03 to see what kind of pride they was gonna have,

01:22:05 and they've at least answered the pride bell.

01:22:07 - Bishop Harris, the newly appointed first baseman

01:22:13 from Alabama.

01:22:14 Nice piece by Harris.

01:22:17 And a better bat flip going through the five-six hole.

01:22:20 Well, and that's it.

01:22:24 Like, you know, you kept saying, "Chip away, chip away."

01:22:29 You know, also, I feel like Alabama's always gonna say

01:22:32 the SEC's better than the ACC,

01:22:34 so I feel like this is a conference matchup

01:22:36 for bragging rights.

01:22:37 - I don't think that's even ever in question anymore

01:22:40 after the Florida State.

01:22:43 - Oh, I mean, what sport are we talking about?

01:22:45 - Anything.

01:22:46 - Oh.

01:22:47 Football, SEC, basketball, ACC.

01:22:49 Big East beats 'em both.

01:22:53 Basketball.

01:22:54 - The Big East doesn't even exist anymore

01:22:56 when it comes to basketball.

01:22:58 - Where's the national champion from?

01:22:59 Nice piece there by Justin Tripp out and to left.

01:23:01 Jackson Maye underneath it.

01:23:03 That's gonna score a run, 22 to 12.

01:23:07 - I can tell you where the best racehorse is, too.

01:23:09 Doesn't mean it's the best place to grow racehorses.

01:23:11 (laughing)

01:23:12 I mean.

01:23:14 - Fair enough.

01:23:15 The old Big East was great, right?

01:23:18 The old Big East with Georgetown.

01:23:19 - Well, now you're talking old Big East, but I mean.

01:23:22 - Before all the conferences start getting split up

01:23:23 and that all-American conference.

01:23:25 - You're talking about in the Syracuse-Georgetown

01:23:27 rivalry days, you know, Ewing and Mourning and all those.

01:23:31 But let me tell you, that Big East doesn't exist anymore.

01:23:34 - No, it doesn't.

01:23:35 Tommy Ball going out into right field.

01:23:38 Mace is cheating in, but he's underneath it.

01:23:40 Bishop Harris looking to tag, but he says, "I'm okay."

01:23:43 So two down, 22 to 13.

01:23:45 I'm just glad UConn's out of the AAC,

01:23:50 the All-American Conference.

01:23:51 That's just, that was, I mean, I know Houston's there still,

01:23:56 but no, they're not, they're in the Big 12.

01:23:59 I just, I hate this realignment that's going on.

01:24:02 - You know, and it's all,

01:24:03 you know, it's kind of like small businesses or anything.

01:24:07 I mean, there's a lot of realignment going.

01:24:09 The world's just different.

01:24:11 - Ooh, nice piece there by Billy Isbell.

01:24:13 Pull that one, poke it through the 5'6" hole.

01:24:15 It's all money, which we get.

01:24:19 All TV money.

01:24:20 - TV rights, yep.

01:24:21 - Here comes Brad Blankenship for Alabama.

01:24:27 And about Brad, Brad used to play a lot

01:24:29 of conference softball years ago,

01:24:31 but supposedly Brad has said this is his last weekend

01:24:35 to ever picking up a bat.

01:24:36 So Brad will go off into softball retirement.

01:24:42 He's a guy that I can believe it from.

01:24:46 - Ooh, nice piece there by Blankenship.

01:24:49 A great grab by the middle infielder.

01:24:51 Is that Watts over there in middle?

01:24:55 - I believe it has to be.

01:24:57 - Nice grab by him.

01:24:58 Blankenship looking to go through the 6'10".

01:25:03 Right from the knees and Tucker heads on over to 2

01:25:07 for the final out of the inning.

01:25:08 So after 5, we have a 22 to 13 ball game.

01:25:11 Carolina probably wants to get the bats going

01:25:13 the way Alabama's been playing.

01:25:14 We'll be back.

01:25:15 Carolina coming up.

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01:26:33 - Welcome back here to the stadium in Viera, Florida.

01:26:36 The first game of the day.

01:26:38 Championship Sunday.

01:26:40 Austin Mapes opens up,

01:26:41 gives that one a ride out into right field.

01:26:44 Desmond Chambers at the wall with the grab.

01:26:47 That ball, the way that wind's blowing,

01:26:52 that's a tough part of the park to get out of.

01:26:54 - That is the hard part.

01:26:56 Even that was in the 330, 335 area,

01:26:59 but you're gonna have to cut it through that wind.

01:27:04 - Nice swing and great track there

01:27:06 by Desmond Chambers to get over there.

01:27:07 - He had a long run.

01:27:08 - He did.

01:27:09 Here comes Parker Strater.

01:27:12 Parker Strater elevates that out into left,

01:27:15 and that's gonna be the second out, two down.

01:27:18 I tell ya, you're feeling it a little bit.

01:27:21 If Alabama can get a trap out here,

01:27:24 and then they can get a couple more runs,

01:27:28 cut it to, you know, you get to that 17, 18 mark,

01:27:32 we could have ourselves a seventh.

01:27:33 - Gotta get to the sixth first,

01:27:36 through the sixth first as Travis Tucker digs in,

01:27:38 and Justin Tripp working from the first base

01:27:40 side of the mound.

01:27:41 - Travis is a hard guy to get out,

01:27:43 'cause he can do anything.

01:27:45 He can flip it, he can hit it for power.

01:27:49 - He's played well all weekend.

01:27:50 - Isn't that usually what happens?

01:27:53 Talking about somebody, nice hustle down the first baseline,

01:27:56 but three up, three down for Carolina.

01:28:00 They've only put up two runs since the second.

01:28:02 22 to 13, Alabama coming up,

01:28:05 and they're at the top of their order.

01:28:06 This could get interesting here, folks.

01:28:08 We'll be right back with Rayner leading off the way

01:28:11 in the bottom of the sixth.

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01:29:00 - Welcome back here to UAAA Spaceco Stadium.

01:29:20 I'm big boy J-Ro from Bring It Podcast,

01:29:22 alongside Mike Lacey from LSR.

01:29:26 You got a lot of guys on this Alabama team

01:29:27 with you this year on LSR.

01:29:30 - Yeah, Rayner.

01:29:31 Let's see, down the line, Drew.

01:29:35 Which Drew had to pack it in and go home.

01:29:38 Tommy.

01:29:39 And Bishop.

01:29:42 That's why I said, I just dread the fact

01:29:45 that they let Bishop play first base,

01:29:47 'cause I wanna hear it for seven innings of ballgame.

01:29:50 Hey, Lace, you need me to play first?

01:29:52 No, no, walk out there.

01:29:54 - Rayner chops that one over the pitcher.

01:29:58 Nice job by Travis Tucker to come in

01:29:59 and grab that off the big hop.

01:30:01 There's Blackburn showing off his flexibility at first.

01:30:06 Surprised you haven't received a message yet from Bishop,

01:30:11 saying, hey, I got you at first this year.

01:30:13 - I hope my phone's on silent, 'cause I'm sure it has.

01:30:16 - Look at that.

01:30:17 Robo.

01:30:18 Working on those hip flexors there.

01:30:24 Here comes Bama.

01:30:26 Oh, Bama hits that one out into left field high.

01:30:29 If it's fair, it's gone.

01:30:31 She is foul.

01:30:32 - Bama's trying to tell Justin

01:30:35 it hooked around the foul pole.

01:30:37 See?

01:30:37 - It sure is.

01:30:39 - Justin with a smile.

01:30:41 That's what you gotta like about Justin.

01:30:45 He is approachable.

01:30:46 You can give him a little help,

01:30:47 but he's gonna give it back to you.

01:30:49 - Nice piece by Bama.

01:30:51 Look at that thing knuckle all the way out

01:30:52 in the left center.

01:30:54 And just off the tip of Bradley Scott's glove,

01:30:57 Bama's gonna head on in for a triple.

01:31:00 That thing was dancing like it was still

01:31:03 at the club from last night.

01:31:05 - And the way this game started,

01:31:08 I think it might have not been the only thing

01:31:10 to come straight from the club last night.

01:31:13 - Took Alabama a little time to get going.

01:31:15 - Yeah.

01:31:16 - 22 to 13 with a runner at third.

01:31:19 One out here in the bottom half of the sixth inning,

01:31:21 and Desmond Chambers coming to the plate.

01:31:25 - Well, this is what we were saying last inning.

01:31:27 You get a handful here, and that's two.

01:31:30 - Way to go ahead and put the announcer's jinx on them.

01:31:34 - Yeah.

01:31:35 We should just go back to talking about, you know,

01:31:38 college football, iced coffee, and cold tubs.

01:31:42 - You wanna go back to talking about horses?

01:31:44 Have you found you a new spirit animal, at least, to fight?

01:31:52 - Yeah, I went home.

01:31:52 I had a serious...

01:31:53 I had a long, long thought about that.

01:31:55 Oh, nice piece.

01:31:56 Josh McAdams gets a little under.

01:31:58 It's gonna yank a foul.

01:31:59 That thing is...

01:32:00 That wind is just pushing balls hard,

01:32:02 hard across the diamond now.

01:32:03 Yeah, I've asked that question to a lot of people, too.

01:32:08 A lot of the responses I get,

01:32:10 the people look at me like,

01:32:10 "What's wrong with you?" is the first answer.

01:32:12 (laughing)

01:32:14 - Well, at least now they have a reason

01:32:16 to look at you that way.

01:32:16 They still looked before, but now they got a reason.

01:32:19 - Sport Williams delivers to Josh McAdams.

01:32:22 Josh McAdams hits a ball deep out towards the re-match side.

01:32:26 Josh McAdams with a two-run shot for Alabama,

01:32:29 and it's 22 to 15 with two down, bottom six.

01:32:33 Bam is chasing seven.

01:32:35 - Can we officially name that area out there

01:32:37 the Grassy Knoll?

01:32:39 - That's what I'm calling it.

01:32:40 That's it.

01:32:41 That's all I'm using it.

01:32:41 - From now on, it's the Grassy Knoll.

01:32:43 - I like it.

01:32:44 And there's some big dents in it last night

01:32:48 from Harvey and Matusik dropping bombs on it, Bubba Mack.

01:32:53 Kyle Overstreet going back through the middle

01:32:56 to get the party going again for Alabama,

01:32:58 which never stops.

01:32:59 22 to 15, bottom six.

01:33:05 - But you were saying earlier,

01:33:09 be tough to hit home runs,

01:33:11 and the way the quick,

01:33:12 and how quick the Florida win can change.

01:33:14 I think yesterday in one game, it changed three times.

01:33:18 - Well, and that's the thing about here,

01:33:21 especially in the morning.

01:33:22 I mean, we can feel it sitting here in the booth.

01:33:24 You can actually breathe a little easier

01:33:26 than you could 25 minutes ago.

01:33:29 The air's not as heavy.

01:33:30 You know, the wind's kind of pushed that.

01:33:32 You know, we talked about it.

01:33:33 Wind's pushed the heavy air out,

01:33:34 and now it's died down a little bit.

01:33:38 - As we're looking at Jonathan Rasberry here

01:33:40 with a full count.

01:33:41 Sport delivers.

01:33:43 Rasberry hits that ball high out into left center.

01:33:46 Just gonna stay in here

01:33:48 as right in front of the Space Coast Complex sign

01:33:51 and left center as Jackson May reels that one in.

01:33:54 22 to 15, heading into the top of the seven.

01:33:59 We'll see what Carolina's got up their sleeves

01:34:01 if they can extend this lead.

01:34:02 We'll be right back.

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01:35:11 - The Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Florida

01:35:24 as we're watching North Carolina take on Alabama

01:35:27 in the top of the seventh,

01:35:28 and we're taking a look at Jackson May there, stepping in.

01:35:30 Justin Tripp's ready to deliver.

01:35:33 Jackson May gives that ball a ride out

01:35:34 into straightaway center for one down.

01:35:38 - And now you've got, you look at the flags,

01:35:40 you've got a 20 mile an hour wind going again.

01:35:42 - Even the center field flags,

01:35:45 when the center field flags are going,

01:35:46 you really know that wind's howling.

01:35:48 You know, we've been talking a lot about college sports

01:35:53 and college football, and hot topic was this year after,

01:35:56 was how, you know, Florida State,

01:35:58 everybody on that team sat,

01:35:59 but how guys weren't playing,

01:36:01 and you know, with these NIL deals

01:36:02 and guys having the ability to get drafted,

01:36:05 I'm kind of on the fence on it.

01:36:07 I get where if you're gonna be a first round pick,

01:36:10 that ball's out into right center high for two down.

01:36:14 I get not wanting to jeopardize it,

01:36:16 but if you're a guy on that team, a freshman, sophomore,

01:36:19 and you're watching this, like, that's also pissing me off.

01:36:22 - Well, and it's one of those that

01:36:23 a lot of players on those teams anymore

01:36:28 are getting six figures.

01:36:30 And they play, and some of them

01:36:34 are getting six figures a month.

01:36:37 To play football in college.

01:36:39 They will make more in college

01:36:41 than they will make in the pros because of longevity.

01:36:44 I mean, 3.2 is the lifespan of an NFL player.

01:36:49 I mean, that's all it is.

01:36:50 - That's crazy.

01:36:51 - So you're talking about elite few.

01:36:53 - Well, and there it is, Jason Martel gets rung up there

01:36:55 by Justin Tripp to end the seventh.

01:36:58 - And I tell you what, Alabama just started slow.

01:37:01 Carolina put up 20 in the first two innings,

01:37:03 but they've been chipping away.

01:37:05 Now Alabama needs seven to move into extra innings.

01:37:10 We'll be right back with Alabama

01:37:11 looking to tie this game up.

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01:38:06 - Welcome back here to Space Coast Stadium.

01:38:21 What a strike out there by Justin Tripp

01:38:23 to get Jason Martel to end the sixth.

01:38:26 And tell you what,

01:38:28 this thing could get interesting pretty quick,

01:38:31 but it's all gonna start here with the newest first baseman

01:38:34 for conference play, Bishop Harris.

01:38:37 - I can promise you one thing.

01:38:39 I've got four or five guys on my team that can play first.

01:38:42 And Bishop's not one of them.

01:38:43 - Not at all.

01:38:44 - No.

01:38:45 - You'll be at first before he is.

01:38:48 - That will not happen either.

01:38:49 (laughing)

01:38:50 - If you ever look out there and you see LSR jerseys

01:38:53 on the field and you see me standing anywhere on the field,

01:38:56 we're short-handed.

01:38:57 - Bishop Harris giving that ball right,

01:38:59 deep out and to left at the base of the grassy knoll.

01:39:02 What a way to start for Alabama here now,

01:39:05 22 to 16, Jason's sixth, bottom seven.

01:39:10 This has been a wild game, a tale of two teams.

01:39:14 - Yeah, I mean the first three innings of the game,

01:39:16 they was on life support.

01:39:19 Do not resuscitate life support.

01:39:21 Somehow they battled their own way back.

01:39:24 - Nice swing by Bishop Harris right there.

01:39:29 And that wind's now pushing out

01:39:30 towards that left field foul pole

01:39:31 as Justin Tripp stepping in on the back of his K.

01:39:34 Getting Jason Martel looking.

01:39:37 - And I can hear Bishop telling him now,

01:39:40 see I hit it like first baseman, with power.

01:39:42 - Nice piece by Tripp out on the right.

01:39:45 It is gonna be caught though

01:39:47 for the first out of the inning.

01:39:49 As Austin Meeps comes in to make that catch.

01:39:53 - So the next two or three guys have to get on here

01:39:55 to set the order for the top.

01:39:56 They get it to the top with one out,

01:39:59 two or three guys on base, it can get interesting.

01:40:03 - Well you're at the bottom three with Tommy Ball,

01:40:05 Billy Isbell on deck, and Brad Blankenship in the hole.

01:40:09 - Tommy's best shots, Rawlings sign,

01:40:12 Louisville sign out there in the right center.

01:40:14 Let it slide.

01:40:16 - Sport working them inside, one and O.

01:40:18 Sport delivers.

01:40:22 Nice comeback pitch from Sport, one, one.

01:40:24 Pump delivers, back through the middle, two down.

01:40:32 - Well there we are now, two outs after the back

01:40:38 of a solo shot to start the inning by Bishop Harris.

01:40:44 - Here's Bailey Isbell looking to keep it going.

01:40:48 Listen, it's two outs.

01:40:49 Bailey gets on and Brad gets on,

01:40:52 things like you said could get interesting,

01:40:53 even with the two, 'cause then you have

01:40:55 Rainer, Bama all coming up.

01:40:57 - And this is here, I'd like to see Bailey

01:41:02 for sentimental value to get on,

01:41:05 give Brad the one last at bat.

01:41:07 - Nice first pitch strike from Sport.

01:41:12 (crowd cheering)

01:41:16 - See if that can happen here for you.

01:41:18 Doesn't look like it's gonna, ooh,

01:41:20 no man's land, but it's being pushed foul,

01:41:21 and that's gonna be the game.

01:41:23 Well it started off interesting,

01:41:25 or it didn't start it off interesting,

01:41:28 the face at Carolina put up a bunch of runs.

01:41:31 And then they stopped scoring, Bama started coming back,

01:41:35 just didn't have enough in the tank.

01:41:37 22 to 16 final, Carolina is going to be taking on

01:41:43 Virginia here, we'll be right back in a few minutes

01:41:46 with that next game.

01:41:47 - They continue on in this challenge cup.

01:41:54 For team Alabama, a great weekend.

01:41:59 No quid in this squad, they will finish in their fourth.

01:42:04 Let's have a nice round of applause for team Alabama.

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North Carolina vs Alabama - Challenge Cup (2024) Sun, Jan 28, 2024 7:45 AM to 9:29 AM

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